{"product_id":"modern-look-mason-klein-9780300247190","title":"Modern Look: Photography and the American Magazine","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating exploration of how photography, graphic design, and popular magazines converged to transform American visual culture at mid-century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This dynamic study examines the intersection of modernist photography and American commercial graphic design between 1930 and 1960. Avant-garde strategies in photography and design reached the United States via European 駑igr駸, including Bauhaus artists forced out of Nazi Germany. The unmistakable aesthetic made popular by such magazines as \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e--whose art directors, Alexey Brodovitch and Alexander Liberman, were both immigrants and accomplished photographers--emerged from a distinctly American combination of innovation, inclusiveness, and pragmatism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beautifully illustrated with more than 150 revolutionary photographs, layouts, and cover designs, \u003ci\u003eModern Look \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the connections and mutual influences of such designers and photographers as Richard Avedon, Lillian Bassman, Herbert Bayer, Robert Frank, Lisette Model, Gordon Parks, Irving Penn, Cipe Pineles, and Paul Rand. Essays draw a lineage from European experimental design to innovative work in American magazine design at mid-century and offer insights into the role of gender in fashion photography and political activism in the mass media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in association with the Jewish Museum, New York \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJewish Museum, New York\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (April 2-July 11, 2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mason Klein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300247192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300247190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.20h x 9.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Mason Klein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43940957421823,"sku":"9780300247190","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_72350560-82bd-4d3d-a83d-6804d9b5a3c7.jpg?v=1681450108","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/modern-look-mason-klein-9780300247190","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}